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Hermann Kuhn
author, Padma-Sambhava, described: - into direct perception of the Grand, Exalted Awareness.
The rest you know, - it's the story told in the beginning of this book.
So, - what I am presenting you now is the very text that triggered this perception, - 'The Tibetan Book Of The Great Liberation'.
Yet again it was essential to adopt the ancient text to contemporary language, - and to change special terms into present-day words. Had I not done so, the text would open up only if you are versed in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Tibetan philosophy, know the respective history and have some insight into Sanskrit. For those who desire it, the original translation of Evans-Wentz can easily be downloaded from the internet.
It was a joy transferring the book into present-day language. The spirited, almost staccato presentation of ideas, the inimitable way Padma-Sambhava sequences his statements to awaken insight sleeping deep within us, - all this rings out exhilarating fresh and modern.
He uses irony and pointed humour to stir, to rouse the reader. He employs paradoxes to shake us from deeply rooted thought processes. He provokes by challenging time-honoured, but ineffective courses of actions and beliefs.
So enjoy the ride. - See it as a letter from your future, - a letter your future awakened self sends into your very present to reach out to you.
